ACCT 304 Study Guide - Final Guide: Money Order
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The County of Maxnell decides to create a sanitation department and offer its services to the public for a fee. As a result, county officials plan to account for this activity within the enterprise funds. Prepare journal entries for this operation for the following 2017 transactions as well as necessary adjusting entries at the end of the year. Assume the information is being gathered to prepare fund financial statements. Only entries for the sanitation department are required here:
| January | 1 | Received unrestricted funds of $227,000 from the general fund as permanent financing. | |
| Febrauary | 1 | Borrowed an additional $180,000 from a local bank at a 12 percent annual interest rate. | |
| March | 1 | Ordered a truck at an expected cost of $115,000. | |
| April | 1 | Received the truck and made full payment. The actual cost amounted to $117,000. The truck has a 10-year life and no salvage value. Straight-line depreciation is to be used. | |
| May | 1 | Received a $27,700 cash grant from the state to help supplement the pay of the sanitation workers. The money must be used for that purpose. | |
| June | 1 | Rented a garage for the truck at a cost of $2,200 per month and paid 12 months of rent in advance. | |
| July | 1 | Charged citizens $19,000 for services. Of this amount, $15,400 has been collected. | |
| August | 1 | Made a $13,000 cash payment on the 12 percent note of February 1. This payment covers both interest and principal. | |
| September | 1 | Paid salaries of $25,500 using the grant received on May 1. | |
| October | 1 | Paid truck maintenance costs of $2,000. | |
| November | 1 | Paid additional salaries of $19,500, first using the rest of the grant money received May 1. | |
| December | 31 | Sent invoices totaling $20,400 to customers for services over the past six months. Collected $5,200 cash immediately. | |
| December | 31 | A new landfill was opened this year. It is 12 percent filled as of the end of the year. The estimated current cost for the eventual closure of this facility is $2.1 million although no payments will be made for approximately 9 years. |
a) Record the accrual of interest expense - Enterprise fund.
b) Record the expense for landfill closure and liability.
Following are three separate transactions that pertain to prepaid items. Evaluate each item and prepare the journal entries that would be needed for the initial recording and subsequent end-of-20X3 adjusting entry. Assume the company uses the balance sheet approach, and the initial recording is to an asset account. The company has a calendar year-end and does not make any adjusting entries prior to December 31.
| (1) | The company purchased an 18-month insurance policy for $18,000 on June 1, 20X3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (2) | The company started 20X3 with $20,000 in supplies (this was previously recorded, and you do not need to make an entry for the beginning balance), purchased $30,000 in supplies during the year, and found only $13,000 in supplies on hand at the end of 20X3. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (3) | The company paid $2,500 to rent a truck. The rental period began on December 16, 20X3, and ends on February 14, 20X4.
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